Williams (Juliene) papers

Correspondence 1970-2009 undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains Williams' personal correspondence, mainly with government officials, regarding Vietnam POW/MIA issues. Also included is the collected correspondence of Don Marquart, whom Williams worked with on letter writing campaigns; drafts of letters; and some family correspondence.

General 1970-1973, 1982-1984

Scope and Contents note

Also includes the collected correspondence of Don Marquart.

box 1, folder 1

1970

box 1, folder 2

1971

box 1, folder 3

1972

box 1, folder 4

1973

box 1, folder 5

1982

box 1, folder 6

1983

box 1, folder 7

1984

box 1, folder 8

Addresses 1983-1985

box 1, folder 9

Andrews family 2006, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains a draft of a letter to Williams' father, as well as printouts of emails between Williams and her two brothers, Greg Andrews and Michael Andrews.

box 1, folder 10

Beckstead, Robert W. 1992 August 17

box 1, folder 11

Christmas cards 1970-1971, 1996, 2002-2008

Scope and Contents note

Contains eight Christmas cards from U.S. presidents, some of which are addressed to Hill and Williams' son, Brian C. Hill. Also included is one card from Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force.

box 1, folder 12

Drafts 1985, undated

box 1, folder 13

Evans, Maerose 1971-1974, 1990

box 1, folder 14

Page, Lou 1995 January 23

General note

See also: file of the same name in POW/MIA Research File series.

box 1, folder 15

Stratton, Alice 2007, 2009

Scope and Contents note

Mainly relates to discussion of a reunion of some of the members of the Friends of the POW/MIA League of Santa Clara County.

Gordon C. Hill Biographical File 1945-1978, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains material related to Gordon C. Hill's childhood and time in the Air Force. Includes his baby book, personal documents, photographs, yearbooks, and Air Force training materials.

box 1, folder 16

Baby book 1945-1955

Scope and Contents note

Includes childhood photographs of Hill and his family.

box 2, folder 1

Diploma, New Mexico State University (NMSU) 1967

box 2, folder 2

Fishing and hunting licenses 1960-1964

box 2, folder 3

Passport application, 1969

box 2, folder 4

Personal documents 1963-1970, 1978

Scope and Contents note

Contains Hill's passport and a semester report from NMSU, and documents regarding Hill's posthumous promotion to major and his change in status from MIA to KIA.

box 2, folder 5

Photographs 1967, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains Hill's official Air Force portrait, a portrait of Hill getting into an Air Force jet, and two photographs with his mother and Williams taken at his ROTC graduation.

box 2, folder 6

Tree dedication ceremony 1973

Scope and Contents note

Contains photographs, programs, and news articles from a tree dedication ceremony held in Mountain View, California on June 30, 1973. The ceremony honored Hill and Major Joseph Bors, who was reported MIA in South Vietnam in 1968.

United States Air Force training file 1967-1970

Scope and Contents note

Contains certificates, records, progress reports, and other material related to Hill's Air Force training prior to his deployment overseas.

box 2, folder 7

469th Tactical Fighter Squadron circa 1969

Scope and Contents note

Includes Hills letter of recommendation to the USAF Operational Training Course, as well as a group photograph of the squadron.

box 2, folder 8

Assignments 1967-1969

box 2, folder 9

Flight records 1967-1970

box 2, folder 10

Jet school, Webb Air Force Base 1967-1970

box 2, folder 11

Survivors school, Fairchild Air Force Base 1968-1969

box 2, folder 12

Operational Training Course student folder 1969

box 2, folder 13-15

Yearbooks 1958, 1962-1964

box 3, folder 1

Yearbooks 1958, 1962-1964

box 3, folder 2

Miscellaneous 1960, 1970-1973, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains an application for a Red Cross Safety Instructor course filled out by Hill, correspondence between Hill's parents and Congressman Glenn M. Anderson regarding Hill's MIA status, and a postcard for the Friends of the POW/MIA League of Santa Clara County featuring Hill.

Air Force File 1970-1978, 1993-2010

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence, official reports, documents from Hill's official Air Force file, and other material Juliene Williams received from the Air Force regarding her husband's MIA status and her efforts to find out more information about what happened to him.

Correspondence 1970-1978, 1984-2010

box 3, folder 3-11

1970-1978

box 3, folder 12-13

1984-1985

box 3, folder 14-20

1988-1994

box 4, folder 1-16

1995-2010

box 4, folder 17

1994 case review 1994-1995

Scope and Contents note

Contains documents relating to a Department of Defense review of cases of American servicemen and civilians who were unaccounted for during the Vietnam War.

box 4, folder 18-20

1998 crash site investigation file 1993-2010

Scope and Contents note

Contains copies of documents, photographs, and correspondence relating to a Joint Task Force investigation of a site in the Phou Kout District of Laos, where a plane was believed to have crashed in mid-1970. Although the task force originally believed the crash site could be related to Hill's disappearance, a direct correlation could not be determined. The first file includes a CD-R.

box 5, folder 1-2

1998 crash site investigation file 1993-2010

box 5, folder 3

Accounting 1971-1973, 1978

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence and information Williams received from the Air Force regarding Hill's earnings after he was declared MIA.

box 5, folder 4

Belasco, Amy, Larry A. Niksch, Lynn J. Cunningham, and Hannah Fischer, Congressional Restrictions on U.S. Military Operations in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Somalia, and Kosovo: Funding and Non-Funding Approaches, 2007 May 7

Gordon C. Hill case file 1970-1978, 2010

box 5, folder 5

Case file CD-R 2010 August 20

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence.

box 5, folder 6

Printouts 1970-1978

Scope and Contents note

Contains printouts of documents from Hill's official Air Force file.

MIA status 1970-1978, 1994

Scope and Contents note

Contains information Williams received regarding Hill's MIA status and his subsequent change in status to KIA.

box 5, folder 7

Notification 1970-1972

Scope and Contents note

Includes Information Pamphlet for Families of United States Servicemen Who Are Prisoners of War or Are Missing in Action in Southeast Asia.

box 5, folder 8

Review of status 1970-1978, 1994

Scope and Contents note

Includes two microfiche copies of Hill's Air Force personnel record.

box 5, folder 9

Change of status 1978, 1994

box 5, folder 10

Promotions 1970-1971, 1978

Organizations File 1970-2010

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence, agendas, newsletters, and ephemera from the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia and the Friends of the POW/MIA League of Santa Clara County that Williams collected as a result of her involvement with the organizations.

National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia 1970-2010

box 5, folder 11-12

1970-1971

box 6, folder 1-3

1972-1974

box 6, folder 4-7

1976-1979

box 6, folder 8-12

1983-1995

box 7, folder 1-11

1983-1995

box 8, folder 1-16

1996-2010

box 8, folder 17

"Analysis of the Final Report of the House Select Committee on Missing Persons in Southeast Asia," 1977

box 9, folder 1

Eastern Washington chapter 1970-1971

box 9, folder 2-4

Friends of the POW/MIA League of Santa Clara County 1971-1974

Scope and Contents note

Includes meeting notes, correspondence, and newsletters generated by the group, which was active from 1971 to 1974. Williams served as an active member of the group, acting as a public relations officer and later as treasurer. Arranged by year. See also: Evans, Maerose; Page, Lou; and Stratton Alice files in the Correspondence series.

POW/MIA Research File 1970-2011

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence, clippings, newsletters, notes, and other printed matter related to POW/MIA issues and organized by Williams according to subject. Arranged alphabetically according to Williams' original folder titles.

box 9, folder 5

ACTION/VISTA [Volunteers in Service to America] 1984

Scope and Contents note

ACTION was a federal domestic volunteer agency that was active from 1971 to 1994. VISTA was one of several volunteer programs transferred to ACTION after it was established.

box 9, folder 6

Bamboo Connection: A Rambo Faction Publication 1985-1986

box 9, folder 7

Barnes, Scott, 2004

box 9, folder 8

Childress, Richard T. and Stephen J. Solarz, "Vietnam: Detours on the Road to Restoring Normal Relations," circa 1995

box 9, folder 9

Central Intelligence Agency, 2006-2010

box 9, folder 10-11

Department of Defense 1970-1971, 1983-2011

Scope and Contents note

Includes news releases, the Next-of-Kin Newsletter, the POW/MIA Newsletter, and correspondence. Also included are issues of the POW-MIA Fact Book from August 1986 and July 1988.

box 9, folder 12

DNA registry 1995, undated

box 9, folder 13

Franklin, H. Bruce, "The POW/MIA Myth: How the White House and Hollywood Combined to Foster a National Fantasy," 1991

box 9, folder 14

Freedom of Information Act, 1983-1984

box 9, folder 15

Geneva Convention violations flyer 1970

Gritz, James "Bo," 1981-2009, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains newspaper clippings, articles, correspondence, and other material related to James "Bo" Gritz, a former United States Army Special Forces officer who gained fame in the 1980s for taking a series of private trips to Vietnam, where he claimed to have recovered the remains of American soldiers killed during the Vietnam War. Much of the material pertains to a controversy surrounding how Gritz funded these trips and letters Williams and Don Marquart wrote to various people criticizing Gritz and his refusal to turn over the remains to the authorities for examination. Organized by year and then topic according to Williams' original folder titles.

box 10, folder 1

1981

box 10, folder 2

1982

box 10, folder 3-6

1983

box 10, folder 7

1984-1985

box 10, folder 8

1987

box 10, folder 9

1988

box 10, folder 10

1990

box 10, folder 11

1992

box 10, folder 12

1998

box 10, folder 13

2009

box 10, folder 14

1995 lawsuit 1982-1983, 1995

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence, reproductions of documents, and an audio cassette produced by Bo Gritz titled "Maybe Tomorrow" that were provided by Williams for use in a defamation case involving Gritz. Also includes a copy of New Information on U.S. MIA-POW's in Indochina?: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs that features testimony by Gritz.

box 10, folder 15

Anderson, Jack 1984-1985

Scope and Contents note

Contains articles about Gritz written by Anderson, a journalist for The San Francisco Chronicle. Also includes a draft of a letter written by Williams.

box 11, folder 1

Congressional bill 1984

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence and news clippings regarding a Congressional bill that would allow the Department of Defense to confiscate alleged remains of servicemen for examination.

box 11, folder 2

Federal charges 1988, 2004

box 11, folder 3

Fund raising 1982-1983

box 11, folder 4

LA Times notes undated

box 11, folder 5

Tax information 1982-1984

box 11, folder 6

Van Atta, Michael 1988

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence and articles written about Bo Gritz sent to Williams from Michael Van Atta, author of The Insiders newsletter (one copy of the newsletter is included). See also: The Insiders file later in this series.

box 11, folder 7-8

Hayden [Tom] and Fonda [Jane] 1985-1990

box 11, folder 9

House Task Force on American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia 1984 August 7

Scope and Contents note

Contains a statement regarding the Task Force's findings on William Hendon's allegations that there was a government cover-up pertaining to live POWs in Southeast Asia.

box 11, folder 10

Khmer Rouge 2008-2009

box 11, folder 11-13

The Insiders 1984-1986

Scope and Contents note

The Insiders was a publication produced by Michael Van Atta. It was first published in 1982 with the aim of informing the American public of "the proof that live POWs are still being held in Southeast Asia" and securing their release.

box 11, folder 14

Lantos, Tom 1985, 2007

box 11, folder 15

Laos 2009, 2011, undated

box 11, folder 16

Laotian coup 2007

box 11, folder 17

McCain, John 1988, 2011

box 11, folder 18

MIA identification 1983, 1986-1987

box 11, folder 19

MIA lawsuit 1973

box 12, folder 1

Miscellaneous POW/MIA newsletters 1970

box 12, folder 2

Miscellaneous POW/MIA newsletters 1972, 1988

Notebooks 1994, 2008-2011

Scope and Contents note

Contains various handwritten notes relating to MIA issues and organizations. Also included are some printouts of online articles that were originally found between the pages of the notebooks.

box 12, folder 3

1994

box 12, folder 4

circa 2008

box 12, folder 5

2010

box 12, folder 6

2010-2011

Notes 1983-1994

Scope and Contents note

Contains loose handwritten notes, mainly related to MIA news and James "Bo" Gritz.

box 12, folder 7

1983-1984

box 12, folder 8

1983-1987

box 12, folder 9

1989-1994

box 12, folder 10

Operation Rescue 1983

box 12, folder 11

Page, Lou 1998

General note

See also: file of the same name in Correspondence series.

box 12, folder 12

Pentagon Papers 1971

Scope and Contents note

Contains news clippings related to the publishing of what were dubbed the "Pentagon Papers" by The New York Times. The papers, formally titled United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, were released by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971.

box 12, folder 13

Perot, Ross 1983, 1987

box 12, folder 14

Photograph with Congressman Ed Zschau undated

box 12, folder 15

POW/MIA pamphlets and bumper stickers undated

box 12, folder 16

Roger Hall lawsuit, 2007

Scope and Contents note

Contains copies of an email containing a court case file from Roger Hall, et al. v. Central Intelligence Agency.

box 12, folder 17

Reestablishment of trade with Vietnam 1988, 2003

box 12, folder 18

Remains identification 1985

box 12, folder 19

Schanberg, Sydney 2011

box 12, folder 20

Scowcroft, Brent 1973, 2005-2006

box 12, folder 21

Senate Select Committee 1993 January 3

box 12, folder 22

Southern Texas POW/MIA newsletter 1971-1972

box 12, folder 23

Stolz, Larry 2009

box 12, folder 24

Task Force Omega 1983

box 12, folder 25

United States Senate 1995 July 20

box 12, folder 26

Unknown Soldier - Vietnam 1984

box 12, folder 27

Vietnam 2006

box 12, folder 28

Vietnam Veterans of America 1987

box 12, folder 29

Virtual JFK: Vietnam if Kennedy Had Lived 2009

Scope and Contents note

Contains articles and clippings about the documentary film that speculates how John F. Kennedy might have handled Vietnam if he had not been assassinated.

box 12, folder 30

Voices in Vital America (VIVA) 1971-1973

Scope and Contents note

Contains mailings and correspondence regarding permission to use Captain Hill's name on one of VIVA's POW/MIA bracelets. Also included is VIVA's 1972 annual report and a letter addressed to Williams from someone who wore Hill's MIA bracelet.

box 13, folder 1

The Wall undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains two rubbings and a photograph of Hill's name from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C.

box 13, folder 2

Miscellany 1983-1994, 2006-2010, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains materials from an unlabeled file. Includes a group photograph of unidentified men, a printout of the article "National Security Archive Publishes Digitized Set of 2,100 Henry Kissinger 'Memcons' Recounting the Secret Diplomacy of the Nixon-Ford Era," and ephemera.

News File 1970-2010, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains news clippings and printouts of online news articles related to POW/MIA news, Laos, and Vietnam. These files were arranged chronologically by Williams.

box 13, folder 3

1970

box 13, folder 4

1970-1971, undated

box 13, folder 5-7

1971

box 13, folder 8

1972

box 13, folder 9

1973

box 13, folder 10

1979

box 13, folder 11

1980

box 13, folder 12

1983

box 13, folder 13

1984

box 14, folder 1-16

1985-2000

box 14, folder 17-22

2002-2007

box 15, folder 1-2

2009-2010

Printed Matter 1970-1971 1984-1986

Scope and Contents note

Contains periodicals and pamphlets related to Vietnam POWs and MIAs.

box 15, folder 3

The Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. With Reservations, if Any, by Governments Participating in Hostilities in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, 1970 May

box 15, folder 4

House Concurrent Resolution 322, 98th Congress 1984 June 19

Periodicals 1970-1971, 1986

box 15, folder 5

Air Force and Space Digest 1970 June

box 15, folder 6

Airman 1971 January

box 15, folder 7

Commanders Digest, Department of Defense 1970

Scope and Contents note

Contains issues from June 13, July 11, and October 17, 1970.

box 15, folder 8

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 91st Congress, Second Session 1970

Scope and Contents note

Contains numbers 90, 91, and 165.

box 15, folder 9

The New American: A Weekly Review of the News & American Opinion 1986 February 24

box 15, folder 10

Pottstown Mercury 1970 June 18

box 15, folder 11

The Prisoner of War Problem 1970

Oversize Material 1970 1978 undated

box 16, folder 1

Gordon C. Hill military awards and certificates 1970, 1978, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains certificates for various military awards bestowed upon Hill for his service in the Vietnam War. Each certificate includes a citation or letter describing the award. Also included is a photograph of Air Force jets in midair.

box 16, folder 2

Distinguished Combat Wife Award certificate undated

box 16, folder 2

"High Flight," poem by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. undated

box 16

Memorabilia circa 1970-1983, undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes five of Hill's military medals and a Psi Omega fraternity charm.